The Father and the Son

• The Father and the Son
• John 5:16-23
• Plurality of the Godhead
• Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; …
• Plurality of the Godhead
• Genesis 3:22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; …
• Genesis 11:6-7 And the LORD said, … 7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, …
• Elohim and Jehovah
• Genesis 2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth… in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
• Exodus 3:15 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations.
• Plurality in One God
• Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
• Genesis 2:24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
• Jesus Fully God and Man
• John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• Jesus Fully God and Man
• Only begotten son (unique)
• Immanuel, Isa. 7:14
• A Child…A Son…Mighty God, Isa. 9:6
• For Redemption from Sin
• Distinctions between the Father and the Son (and the Holy Spirit)
– Father & Holy Spirit never became flesh
– Jesus never gave up His deity, Col. 2:9
– Yet, Jesus said, “My Father is greater than I” (Jno. 14:28)
• IN Divine Nature No Distinction
• No distinction, Col. 2:9
• Equality, Jno. 1:1; 5:17-18; 8:58; 10:30, 33, 36, 37-38
• Son worthy of all honor of deity, Jno. 5:23 (Matt. 8:2; 28:9; Jno. 20:28)
• Human Nature Submission to Father
• GLORY: Jesus emptied Himself & took the form of a servant, Phil. 2:5-8
– Form: “outward appearance”
– Son emptied himself of the glory of deity when He became man, Jno. 1:14
• Human Nature Submission to Father
• SERVANT: Jesus as Savior under the authority of the Father, Jno. 14:28
– Came to do Father’s will, Jno. 6:38 (5:19, 30; 8:28-29)
– “I have come to do Your will, O God” (Heb. 10:7)
– Voluntary & accomplished, Jno. 10:17-18; 17:4
• Human Nature Submission to Father
• SERVANT: Jesus as Savior under the authority of the Father, Jno. 14:28
– Respected Father’s domain, Acts 1:7 (Mt. 24:36)
– Holy Spirit works under similar authority, John 16:13-14
– Gentile understood this about Jesus, Matt. 8:9
• Redemption complete “All in all” 1 Cor. 15:24-28
• Complete oneness of the Godhead
– Christ was given “all authority” (Jno. 3:35)
– Work completed…Son has His previous form (appearance) of deity’s eternal glory, Jno. 17:4-5 (Col. 3:11)
• Son is not inferior to Father
• Functions under authority of Father
– Holy Spirit (Jn. 16:13-15)
• Fullness of Godhead dwells in Jesus, Col. 2:9
• Deny the Son…also deny the Father, 1 Jno. 2:23 (Heb. 2:9)
• The Father and the Son
• John 5:16-23